I love finding fun new stranded knitting projects … especially when they feature wildlife motifs.
During a Ravelry search just a few days ago, I came across Susan Anderson-Freed’s delightful book “Colorwork Creations: Knit Woodland Inspired Hats, Mittens, And Gloves” and fell immediately in love with the Chickadee Ski Hat. And what is cuter than a Chickadee?
I bought the kindle version of the book and I can honestly tell you, trying to decide upon which project to start first was a real challenge … I want to knit them ALL! But the Chickadee just had to be first.
Project details:
- Hat is knit in fingering weight yarn. I chose Belfast Mini Mills Specialty Sock in a lovely heathered brown and an off white.
- 2.75 mm needles
- I cast on enough stitches for 4 repeats of the chickadee chart and mixed and matched the other motifs from other hats in the book. The crown is from the Cardinal Hat.
The next time I knit this hat, because I will definitely be knitting it again, I think that I’ll start with the little flower chart and reverse the colors, knit the chickadee chart, work another flower chart to match the first and then knit the crown from the Cardinal hat.
Can’t wait to try out some more of these patterns. I’ll be sure to post lots of pictures as I knit my way through this book.
